In this Issue
4 Stronger Together for Better Care Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA
7 Multidisciplinary Rounds: A team approach to patient care Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD
10 Teamwork On and Off the Field Justin Chu, MD
12 Beyond the ED: Strengthening Physician-to-Physician Collaboration for Safer, Smarter Patient Care
Melissa Platt, MD
14“ How do you create community to enhance collaboration in your profession?”
Various Authors
16 2025 Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest Winners The Power of the Human Heart
David Dageforde, MD
Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand Elizabeth Clark, M4
20 Bridging the East and the West: West Louisville Cookbook Project
Grace Hong, M2, & Temiloluwa Haastrup, M2
22 It Takes a Village: Honoring Louisville’ s Surgery Teams Emily Major, Sydney Herold & Chelsea Fathauer
24 Television Review: The Pitt Monalisa Tailor, MD
26 The Positive Impact of Glasses in Classes Programs for JCPS Elementary School Children
Inder Singal, MD
27 REFLECTIONS: Best Vacation? Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
28 SENIOR PHYSICIAN SPEAKER SERIES: MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor
Guest Speaker: Abigail Rao, MD Speaker Series Curated / Hosted by: Sam Yared, MD
30 IN REMEMBRANCE: William T. Tse, MD Kimberly Boland, MD
31 IN REMEMBRANCE: Royce Coleman, MD Adam Ross, MD, Ashlee Melendez, Dan Danzl, MD
32 A SECOND OPINION: Hocus Pocus Mary Barry, MD
34
Dr. Who: Kellen Choi, DO, MBA & Alex Ng, MD, MBA Kathryn Vance
38 Physicians in Print
GLMS Board of Governors Lewis Hargett, MD, Board Chair Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, President Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, President-Elect Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, Vice President Rejith Paily, MD, Treasurer Christopher Jones, MD, Secretary & KMA Secretary Lori Caloia, MD, At-Large Timothy Beacham, MD, At-Large Dinesh Kalra, MD, At-Large Rinit Pancholi, MD, At-Large Amy Quillo, MD, At-Large John Roberts, MD, KMA Alternate Trustee, AMA Delegate & Foundation Chair Monalisa Tailor, MD, AMA Alternate Delegate Eric Lydon, MD, KMA Trustee Jeffrey Bumpous, MD, Dean, UofL School of Medicine John-Mark Hack, President / CEO, The Healing Place Roberto Cardarelli, DO, MHA, MPH, Baptist Health representative Steven T. Hester, MD, MBA, Norton Healthcare representative Jason Smith, MD, UofL Health representative Sam Yared, MD, GLMSF Senior Physicians Committee Speaker Series Chair Patrick Padgett, KMA Executive Vice President
Louisville Medicine Editorial Board Mary G. Barry, MD Editor Elizabeth A. Amin, MD Stanley A. Gall, MD Natalie Henderson, MD Martin Huecker, MD Thomas James, III, MD John David Kolter, MD Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD Monalisa Tailor, MD John Wernert, MD Benjamin Rogers, MD Lewis Hargett, MD, board chair Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, president Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, president-elect Bert Guinn, MBA, CAE, executive vice president / CEO Amanda Hall, director of communications & marketing Onvia McDaniel, admin specialist II & membership coordinator Kathryn Vance, communications and event coordinator Kate Williams, creative director
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